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Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Another Year .

Wow , time really does pass quickly as you get older ,lol .

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas time . We certainly did . After all the rushing around prior to
Christmas, the event itself was very relaxed and enjoyable . Apart from the lack of sleep that is . My daughter finally settled off to sleep at around 4.00 am , and was up again around 7 .That said , it was a lovely day visiting family , eating a lovely dinner and chilling the afternoon away.

I got absolutely No stitching gifts .But I did get lots of cash , so you know where a lot of it will be going . Already ordered some threads, and will be searching for other goodies no doubt .

So , another year pretty much done and dusted. Guess it's time for a quick catch-up and review , then some info about next year.

A couple of projects not yet shown . I was thrilled to be asked to stitch a square for Sallys' special birthday quilt .

Sally loves it , and Mouse did such a great job with the quilting .

My last two squares for LQUK this year .
The butterfly is my own design , but it changed drastically from the original chart. Still quite pleased with how it turned out though .

A cute little owl .

My squares have gone down to the post office today , but it seems I missed the (early) last collection , so they will start their journey on Thursday .

So , 2013 , well a reasonable year stitching wise .
I started 42 projects and completed 37. Out of the 37 , 15 were charity squares for LQUK. My main finish of course was HAED Butterflies Galore . Still love it , and still need to get it framed ,lol .
I also read 114 books, I am down from last year , as my total was 120 for 2012 , but some of the books read this year were biggies ,with one being almost 1000 pages . Quite happy with the total anyway.

I am sure I have missed things from the end of this year , but if I remember I will add them at a later point .

On to 2014 .
I don't make resolutions as such, just have hopes and plans .

Stitching wise , I am going to try something different next year. Something I have never done before and never wanted to do . I am going to try a rotation !
I started HAED QS Rosita in July, stitched like mad on her for three weeks and have not picked her up since. I really want to get her finished in 2014 and at least start another one , so to try and do this and keep up with other things , I am going to give rotation a whirl .
The plan so far is for the first week of the month , work on HAED . second week will be charity squares as I still want to contribute to LQUK as much as I can . Third week will be for other charts/kits that I have , with the fourth week/ end of the month being UFO/ free choice. I have a couple of UFOs , some carry over WIPs and lots of stash so that will hopefully keep me occupied.

It may not quite work out like this for January as I have a couple of things I need to get stitched up asap.

My last start of 2013 will be my first finish of 2014. I am stitching the ABCD by La-D-Da which has been a travelling pattern , and I need to get it done so it can go back. Don't want to show a pic yet,for two reasons , one , I haven't taken one ,lol, but also , it is stitching up pretty quickly so hopefully it will be a finish pretty soon.

Also , 2014 , I am hoping to organise a Christmas in July exchange/secret Santa ,so if anyone is interested ,please bear in mind as I will be posting April ish .

And now ,all that remains is to wish everyone a Very Happy New Year , I hope 2014 brings all that you wish for and all that I wish for you , health , happiness and plenty of stitching .

13 comments:

Happy New Year! I love your design: It isnt 'changing' when it is your own design: we call that tweaking and it is part of the fun of designing. Much nicer perfecting your own rather than having to alter other's charts to suit your taste!Have a wonderful new year xx

so pleased you were able to join in with the quilt :)looking forward to seeing the TP :)well done on the stitching goals and the reading too :)count me in for the exchange remind me ..lol wishing you a wonderful stitchy new year :) love mouse xxxxx

Happy New Year Cath! And thank you for your kind comment on my blog post :) Great finishes, I love the little owl too. I like the sound of a Christmas in July exchange, I'll keep an eye out for that post.Best wishes.

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